User interaction is generally what happens when a user interacts with an artifact. How the users thinks and experience the interaction is what is placed on this tag.
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Why shouldn't we use words such as 'here' and 'this' in textlinks?
Over the years of surfing on the web I have found numerous examples of people saying that you shouldn't use the word "here" in a textlink etc. Personally I like the idea of using the word, because it ...
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Regular pagination vs. infinite scroll
I'm currently making a dating site, my choice for pagination is between the traditional:
[<< Prev] [1] [2] [3] [Next >>]
vs
[ Load More ]
The 2nd is the "load more" bar or button ...
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“Sign Up” vs “Create an Account”
Which pick is better for a service? Especially if I would like the website to resemble American style.
Gmail and Dropbox say: "Sign In or create an account"
Yahoo says: "Sign In. New here? Sign ...
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What to call “Cancel” when “Cancel” is already the default action?
When attempting to cancel a service or setting, "cancel" is the default action. What should the normal "cancel" button be called?
Redbox uses a playful "just kidding", which may not be appropriate in ...
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What do I need to know to get started as a professional UX/interaction designer?
I am a student of Software Engineering (mainly focusing on Requirements Engineering). I am a beginner in the field of UX. There already are a few questions on this forum regarding books etc. Still, I ...
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“Selling” the management on need for UX focus
After the novelty of finding this SO section wore off (and being rightfully shamed of asking a duplicate question), I'd like to rephrase this question so it would target what I feel is a gap in ...
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What makes users register?
First off - I want users to register on my site. It's a site for image sharing, sort of like imgur.com. But what makes a user on a website register? I have people coming back to my site but they ...
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Which do users like more as of now, 'Flat Design' or 'Skeuomorphic'?
I have read multiple articles on-line that say that the era of Skeuomorphic design on the web is over, and that a new era of so-called 'flat design' is now the new thing for developers, but do users ...
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Can higher speeds harm the user experience?
Inspired by "Is coffee a good excuse for a slow application start-up time?" I tried to look for examples where having higher speeds could be bad for the user experience but I couldn't find any.
Are ...
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Best UI pattern for letting a user assign items to groups
Problem: the user has a list of about 5-20 uncategorised items and needs to categorize them into 2-4 groups. The tricky part is that the same item can be placed into more than one group (this is an ...
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Is it ok to style a label as a link to “trick” users into hover it?
The title alone would probably result in a chanting "NO!" as a popular answer, but please let me elaborate.
Background
We have a table of Something:s. Each Something can hold 1-5 Items. In the table ...
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Placement of delete button on form
I have a form which edits a flight, and it should be possible to delete them. I have considered putting a delete button in the index page, which lists all the flights, but the table rows are clickable ...
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How to better name modal buttons “Cancel Request” (submit), “Cancel” (cancel)? [duplicate]
One modal-box asks the user wether they want to really cancel the request. Now there are two buttons (submit) and (cancel), but how to best name them? All other modals use text like "proceed" (submit) ...
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UI design with MINIMUM number of clicks
Project : ASP.NET with C#
Client side : JavaScript and jQuery
Consider the scenario,
I have a number of user to use the software. I will classify them into different groups. Then, I would like to ...
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Better approach to blue/underlined for link?
We have a web application that allows users to query a database.
The results are returned in a breadcrumb style interface.
We brought this change in at a new version, and assumed it was ...
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Guidelines for when to auto-save settings vs “save” button
In our web application we have a number of pages to do with user settings, in different categories. For most of them we have a display page with an edit button/link, which takes them to a form which ...
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How to “force” users to upgrade their browser?
I couldn't think of a better title for this question, but please don't jump to conclusions - I don't really want to point a gun at my users heads!
I have a site that works well with the modern ...
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How patient are users at wait dialogs?
What is the length of time the average user will wait at a wait indicator (i.e. a spinning circle, beach-ball-of-death, egg-timer) before they think something has gone wrong?
If anybody can point to ...
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Display comments order - best practice
I wonder what is the best comments order on the website. I assume there are two major methods to display comments:
from newest to oldest,
from oldest to newest.
Facebook uses method one and ...
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Are there any recent studies of the “Keyboard vs Mouse”-issue?
Back in the late 80's, Apple Human Interface concluded that the mouse is faster than the keyboard, objectively. But also that every test person subjectively thought that the keyboard was faster.
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App interface for changing relational percentages
Has anyone ever seen or used a good app interface (web or mobile) for changing relational percentages? E.g I need to change 3 amounts to make up £100 and I need to be able to use any permutation to do ...
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Method of showing that a row has been edited and will be changed upon “Save”
What paradigms exist for denoting that a row of data has been modified and that a Save action on the view will change them in the data store? Which paradigms are recommended?
A few that we've ...
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Is duping the consumer really a good business practice?
I have had this at the back of my mind for sometime and I believe UX is the proper place to post this though I may not phrase the question right so please chime in if you have suggestions!
There are ...
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Case-study for hiding the optional fields?
I am currently designing a web form for the Online Travel Insurance System and I am thinking of hiding the optional fields since there were so many of them. Like the image below.
I put a Show More ...
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On mobile phones why is the green (call) button at the left and red (hang) button at the right side?
Some old mobile phones have switched position of green/red buttons.
Currently the green button is at the left and red button is at the right side on mobile phones.
Why? That is rationale? Which ...
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Activity response, startup times
I'm interested in what is a reasonable start up time or behavior for applications on smart phones.
This is simply when you click an icon on the launcher (as it may be called on Android) to the moment ...
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Social rating tool
I'm thinking of adding a like/favourite feature on my project but I'm currently finding it hard to choose a suitable social rating tool. I've spent days trying to think of an innovative rating tool, ...
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How to make it obvious that you can drag things that you normally can't?
My interface allows users to move things that usually have fixed positions in other applications, such as text boxes. What can I do to make it obvious to the user that they can move certain objects?
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Toolbar buttons - to be or not to be?
I need to create a toolbar for my application, and let's assume that due to external constraints it must be a regular toolbar, not a ribbon. The application itself has a significant number of ...
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How to quantitatively compare two interfaces?
I am in the process of building a tool to make some tasks easier than an existing application allows. Right now I am surveying users and receiving feedback but I want hard numbers.
The only ...
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How to make selecting a timezone more user-friendly?
The list of time zones is rather long, lots of duplication, and not very friendly to programmers let alone end-users.
Is there a way to shorten the list to something friendlier and sufficient for ...
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Whats is the best UI interface for permission?
I would like to know what is the best user interface to represent Multi-group inheritance permission.
I am not sure the treeview is the best way to show permission. What should be the best UI ?
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Where can I find research about UI Design Across Form-Factors/ Devices (e.g. TVs & entertainment systems)?
Has there been marketable research in new UI design ideas that could work across form-factors (from desktop down to smartphones on the one end and to widescreen HD TV for games on the other)? So that ...
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Are custom scroll bars easier to use or do they just look “nice”?
I've noticed that a lot of webapps have started using custom scroll bars. A few examples include Facebook, Trello, Google Docs, and Twitter. I'm sure you can think of some more:
How do these types ...
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Taxonomy Hierarchy Management UI Pattern
Overview
I have a custom lightweight web CMS I am developing. It has a feature that allows business users to define hierarchical taxonomies, add/edit/delete nodes, change their sort order relative ...
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Page updating: “full”, “notification” or “replacing”
What is the best user experience with the auto-updating pages - for example, a list of songs. Currently I'm thinking about three good possible solutions:
"Full" update: when the new content appear ...
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Identify different types of clickable shapes?
We're building an application that is like an interactive flow chart. When users are viewing the flow chart, they can interact with certain shapes:
Link to another flow chart.
Link to an external ...
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What are the benefits of non-QWERTY keyboards?
I'm stuck with QWERTY, but have been tempted to try Dvorak. Dvorak advocates claim it's faster.
Are there any studies that compare these two (main) keyboard layouts? Are there other layouts out there ...
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designing an “online / offline ” status indicator and examples of existing ones with good practice
Im trying to integrate an online / offline User Interface element in my application ( web app) I have some trouble getting it matches with the other user interface elements, and wonder what you guys ...
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What Defines “On a Device”?
I'm currently working on a user experience problem that involves a user's multiple devices (smart phone, tablet, laptop, etc.)
What I'm trying to accomplish is that the app "intuitively senses" when ...
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Floppy disk icon for “Save” [closed]
It's funny that we still use floppy disks icon for save operation association while floppies have long been outdated, unused and many computer users nowadays don't even know how floppy disks actually ...
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Is there a pattern for cycling or toggling through time periods?
I'm looking for a pattern for toggling between different periods of time. Currently I've prototyped an example which is a single button that, when tapped, will cycle through 3 time periods: by month, ...
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Keyboard shortcuts on non-QWERTY keyboard layouts
I've been using the Dvorak keyboard layout for a few years, and something that's always bothered me is keyboard shortcuts. On a QWERTY keyboard copy and paste are conveniently positioned as Ctrl+C and ...
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What is the most familiar wording of linking to a PDF file?
For certain industries and user-bases, it can make sense to include a link to a PDF version of a HTML web page — so that visitors can either view or download it.
From a recognizability and ...
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Modal window action buttons, top or bottom
Scenario: File upload process for a website on desktop(not mobile) launches a modal window.
Question: Would it be better to place action buttons at the top or at the bottom of the window.
Pros & ...
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Form creation application: how to differentiate the “save form” button from the “submit button” in the form
I have a web application for creating forms.
Currently, the create form interface looks like so:
download bmml source – Wireframes created with Balsamiq Mockups
The interface is ...
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Should an image carousel on a mobile site automatically rotate?
Or should the user have complete control? The intention is to have a slider/carousel that shows 6 or 7 images which the user can look through by clicking arrow buttons left or right. But the question ...
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Creating Interfaces that Build Emotional Bonds
What are factors in the user experience that lead to users having an emotional tie to an interface, why, and what would be an example of each factor.
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How to implement a stack exchange style voting for mobile?
I have a client who wants me to improve the usability of their current iOS app.. they have a voting mechanism that looks like this:
i figured that this was bad usability b/c it didn't add up the ...
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Why do some webmasters INSIST on having auto-playing music elements on their webpages? [closed]
Is there any positive reason why someone might implement an auto-playing audio feature onto a webpage? I seem to see it all the time, especially on band pages and so on. The frustrating thing is ...
